-A commitment to nonviolence
#Mauritania #April25 Opposition MP’s Join Youth at Police Station Protest
26 04 2011-A commitment to nonviolence
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#Mauritania #April25 Detained Youth Leader in his own words
26 04 2011Ahmed Jiddou, blogger, and February 25 movement activist speaking about his motives to come out to protest.He remains detained in an undisclosed location since his arrest yesterday during the April 25 Day of Rage.
He is a peaceful, nonviolent Mauritanian citizen who was exercising his constitutional right to express his dissent.
Video courtesy of @lissnup
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#Mauritania #April25 Detained Youth Movement Members Pictures
26 04 2011These are photos of the February 25 youth movement members who were arrested yesterday April 25, 2011 by the Mauritanian government in Nouakchott during the Day of Rage protest in downtown Nouakchott. Some of them are held in an undisclosed location. The government still refuses to explain the reasons for their detention and their whereabouts.
Mauritania’s police has a long history of beatings, torture and mistreatment of political prisoners and detainees.
To date no human rights organization outside Mauritania has commented, covered or intervened on behalf of the protesters.
Picture courtesy of @Mauritanidem1
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#Mauritania #April25 CNN iReport
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#Mauritania #April25 Protester Shot by Police in Zoueirate
26 04 2011The “hournaliya” (daily paid) workers have been protesting their miserable conditions for weeks. The authorities have pushed their complaints under the rug which led to another clash last week between them and the deputy governor.
Historically, Zoueirate is a hotbed of labor unions in Mauritania, the shooting and killing of workers on strike in 1974 by the government was one of the turning points of Mauritania’s political history. The trauma from that incident still marks people’s memory till today.
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#Mauritania #April25 Day of Anger Video
26 04 2011Courtesy of Essirage, this video has a quick roundup of some of the protest yesterday in Nouakchott till noon. The day ended with a violent crack down by the police and the arrest of 8 activists. However, the protest took a more violent turn in the northern city of Zouerate (home to the country’s mining industry) where police opened fire injuring one protester and causing injuries to others. The authorities deny they opened fire.
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#Mauritania #April25 Portesters in their own words
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#Mauritania #April25 Activist Ahmed Jiddou Arrested
25 04 2011Ahmned Jiddou seen in minute 1:06 of this video calling for protest, was arrested today. He has been one of the most active promoters of today’s demonstrations.
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Mauritania Cartoon: The Race To Freedom
25 04 2011Title: Race to Freedom — Turtle has: “February 25” which was when the youth first started protesting. This cartoon appeared a while ago.
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No To Corruption-No To Unemployment
25 04 2011This was one of the rallying demands of the February 25 youth protests today in #Mauritania. Photo courtesy of @mauritaniedem1
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